Development and initial psychometric evaluation of the Body Image Matrix of Thinness and Muscularity - Female Bodies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite evidence that thinness and muscularity are part of the female body ideal, there is not yet a reliable figure rating scale measuring the body image of women which includes both of these dimensions. To overcome this shortcoming, the Body Image Matrix of Thinness and Muscularity - Female Bodies (BIMTM-FB) was developed.

Methods

The objective of this study is to analyze the psychometric properties of this measure. N = 607 non-clinical women and N = 32 women with eating disorders answered the BIMTM-FB as well as instruments assessing eating disorder symptoms and body image disturbance in order to test the convergent validity of the BIMTM-FB. To assess test-retest reliability, a two-week interval was determined.

Results

The results indicated that the body

SUBMITTER: Steinfeld B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7709434 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature